PENTAGON Tomorrow, the Pentagon submits to Congress a report detailing where things stand in Iraq -- militarily, politically, and economically.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says "challenges lie ahead." But he also says the gains that have been made since Iraqis voted in national elections have begun to reach critical mass --that more Iraqis believe their country is headed in the right direction.

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Rumsfeld says the Pentagon doesn't release details of the readiness of the U-S military. To do so with regard to the Iraqi armed services, and point out their weaknesses, he says, would be "mindless."

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